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Otis Pitts Owes Miami-Dade $10 Million in Failed Liberty City Plan

Slumlord Millionaire

Lawsuit claims landlord pocketed thousands while tenants died.

Lawsuit Claims Opa-locka Slumlord Stole Thousands While Tenants Died

Residents at Opa-locka's Gardens Apartments -- perhaps the city's sketchiest property -- endured 5 murders, 656 assaults, 34 robberies, 25 shootings, and 80 stolen cars during one four-year stretch, according to police records. And the apartments remain the hottest spot in the city for cops, ... More >>

What Does Mel Martinez Do Now?

One has to wonder what was going through Sen. Mel Martinez's mind when President Bush's helicopter took off from Washington this past Tuesday. Before Bush chose Martinez to be his first HUD secretary, he was a little-known Florida fixture who had run an unsuccessful lieutenant governor campaign ... More >>

What's Next for Mayor Diaz?

One has to wonder what was going through Sen. Mel Martinez's mind when President Bush's helicopter took off from Washington this past Tuesday. Before Bush chose Martinez to be his first HUD secretary, he was a little-known Florida fixture who had run an unsuccessful lieutenant governor campaign ... More >>

Support Sarnoff, Get Paid

One has to wonder what was going through Sen. Mel Martinez's mind when President Bush's helicopter took off from Washington this past Tuesday. Before Bush chose Martinez to be his first HUD secretary, he was a little-known Florida fixture who had run an unsuccessful lieutenant governor campaign ... More >>

Opa-locka Boots the Boss

Ousted police chief leaves complaints in his wake.

Baghdad West

In Opa-locka, gang warfare, drug dealing, and decay are a way of life

No Garden Party

Killings and slum conditions are just the beginning

Hot for Teachers

Killings and slum conditions are just the beginning

The Bitch

The Unbearable Lightness

Dissent Within the Ranks

Some current and former Miami-Dade cops say Carlos Alvarez should not be mayor

High & Mighty

What do you do when some morons criticize you in a news report? If you're the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the top federal cop, the answer is easy: You blackball the news reporter

Bork Torque

Well-traveled activist says Miami cops tormented her

Model City Meltdown One Year Later

Miami's disastrous plan to revitalize a residential neighborhood continues to inflict damage

Meet Your Neighbors One Year Later

Overtown's Louise and Jeanette hold steady, but Little Haiti's Naomi is barely holding on

Metropolis, Heal Thyself

One year after Miami announced it would attempt to cure its own poverty, the patient remains in intensive care

Just Friends

If a man is known by the company he keeps, then FBI boss Hector Pesquera has a problem

Notes from the Dead Zone

The politics of AIDS funding in black Miami

CIP VIPs

A list to nominate members for Miami's new Civilian Investigative Panel comes together in typical Magic City fashion

The Battle of the Barry Bulge

As the university grows and grows, it has hit some of its neighbors

The Great Elián Hoax

Did Demetrio Perez, Jr.'s Libre really produce this book?

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of May 31, 2001

With Enough Money

Ed Hanna has been the driving force in promoting the development of West Perrine. He's done well for himself. Too bad West Perrine can't say the same thing.

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of March 15, 2001

The Great Pretender

After years of making a living off rich people's money, Martin Siskind is now portraying himself as a savior to Miami's poor

DeFede

A .22-Caliber Mayor with .357-Magnum Ambitions

Her So-Called Life

Raised in a family devastated by drugs and neglect, Porsche Williams became a mother at age twelve, and a murder victim at fifteen

Less for Moore

Times are tough for grocer Lawrence Moore and his Overtown neighbors. Will the county help out? No way.

Letters

Times are tough for grocer Lawrence Moore and his Overtown neighbors. Will the county help out? No way.

He Made Dade

Battling cancer, veteran pol Dante Fascell talks of war, Cuba, and a lifetime of putting Miami on the map

Home Sweet Homeless

After four years and $2.5 million, Sugar Hill's housing for AIDS patients still isn't finished

The Rashids' Last Stand

Nearly four years ago a couple of intrepid entrepreneurs opened Zanjabil in hopes of inspiring their neighbors in the black Grove. They're still hoping.

They Owe It All to Odio

Miami's infamous ex-city manager hired more than 100 staffers entirely at his own discretion. Guess who's paying them.

Clinical Depression

Hounded by budget crises, unflattering audits, and general gripes about management, the Economic Opportunity Family Health Center circles the wagons

Swelter

Hounded by budget crises, unflattering audits, and general gripes about management, the Economic Opportunity Family Health Center circles the wagons

The Long and Winding Road

Flush with valuable Lincoln Road real estate and saddled with major debts, the South Florida Art Center ponders its options, its future, and its purpose

Sacked

One of Dade's most controversial advocates for the homeless finds herself jobless

Carmen (Among Others) vs. Carmen (Among Others)

Hialeah residents Omar and Carmen Corzo sue Councilwoman Carmen Caldwell (among others) for violating their civil rights

Black in the Red

Everyone expected Charles Howze's Z Mart to be a model for minority-run businesses in Dade. In a sad way it was: It went bankrupt.

Shelter Fallout

After years of doing nothing Dade County now plans to put 500 homeless people under one roof. It won't be in your neighborhood, of course.

A Tale of Tent City

Last spring, when Dade County united with a local charity to help the hurricane's homeless, the partnership sounded too good to be true. It was.

Duany To Others

To those who lost mobile homes to Andrew, Miami's resident town-planning visionary offers an intriguing, low-cost alternative

To Have and Have Not

Activists in Miami Beach's north shore neighborhoods say government-subsidized housing is crowding them out

The Little Thief

Activists in Miami Beach's north shore neighborhoods say government-subsidized housing is crowding them out